Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke

by Seyoon Kim

Book Overview

The slogan "Paul and the Empire" is much in vogue in New Testament scholarship today. But did Paul truly formulate his gospel in antithesis to the Roman imperial cult and ideology and seek to subvert the Empire? In Christ and Caesar Seyoon Kim first examines five epistles of Paul exegetically and shows how the dominant anti-imperial interpretation is actually difficult to sustain.Next he examines the Lukan writings (Luke-Acts) to see how Luke...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802860087
• ISBN13: 9780802860088
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"